More tea leaf reading . Nobody knows what the Court will decide until the opinion is released. My guess is they will strike down the mandate but leave the rest intact.
How? Severability was not in the bill. Its my understanding that if part is ruled un-Constitutional, the whole thing is struck down.
In theory, it’s an all or nothing proposition. To strike the mandate but uphold the rest is judicial activism because SCOTUS would be, in essence establishing a severability clause that is not there.
That would be my guess too, but I hope we’re both wrong.
I’d love to see them shock us and strike the whole thing down.
I think that's the least likely scenario, honestly. I doubt the court has any desire to go line-by-line through that monstrosity and say, "this stays, this goes".
No...they will strike down the whole thing. It is not their job to pick and choose. That belongs to Congress.